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45th US Colored Troops

Regimental History from Frederick Dyer's A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion

Organized at Philadelphia, Pa., June 13 to August 19, 1864. Moved to Washington, D.C. (4 Cos.), July, 1864. Attached to Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, 22nd Corps, and garrison duty at Arlington Heights, Va., till March, 1865. Rejoined Regiment at Chaffin's Farm, Va., March 14, 1865. Six Companies moved to City Point, Va., September 20, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, 
Army of the James, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Corps, and Dept. of Texas, to November, 1865.

Service:
Demonstration on north side of the James River and 
battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30, 1864. 

Fort Harrison September 29. 

Darbytown Road October 18. 

Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. 

In trenches before Richmond till March, 1865. 

Moved to Hatcher's Run March 27-28. 

Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. 

Hatcher's Run March 29-31. 

Fall of Petersburg April 2. 

Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. 

Appomattox Court House April 9. 

Surrender of Lee and his army. 

Duty at Petersburg and City Point till May. 

Moved to Texas May and June. 

Duty at Edinburg on Mexican Frontier till September 8, and 
at Brownsville, Texas, till November. 

Mustered out November 4, 1865.
Bibliography

Secondary Sources:

Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, 1869-1871. Vol. 5, pp. 1106-1124.

Bilby, Joseph G. "Freedom to All": New Jersey's African-American Civil War Soldiers. Hightstown, NJ: Longstreet House, 2011. 

Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Harrisburg: Capitol Preservation Committee, 1987. Vol. 1, p. 56.

Primary Sources:

Ulysses Doubleday Order-Book, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
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